Start - November 1st End- December 2nd Reading:
Essential Questions:
How does a poet choose words to create feeling?
Big Ideas - Imagery and feeling of the poem/poet
Objectives:
Students will be able to make inferences
Pre/Post Test:
Writing:
Essential Questions:
What techniques does a poet use to tell a story?
Big Ideas - Descriptive words
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1
Writing - Pretest
Reading- What do we know about poetry?
Immersion in poetry
2 Wednesdays-
No Formal Lesson
3
Writing-
"I am" Poem
Reading -Main Ideas of Poems
Examples "The Homework Guarantee"
Page 7 in I like it Here at School
4
Field Trip to Ballet
Writing -
Shared Writing about Ballet
7
Writing -
Minilesson -Beginning to Teach Poetry Writing
(Kids' Poems - Pgs. 11 - 14)
Independent - Writing the First Poem (pgs.15- 17)
Reading - Main Ideas of Poems
Examples "Bedtime" in Laughing Giraffes
8
Dinosaur Field Trip
9 Wednesdays -
No Formal Lesson
10
No School -
Assessment Day
11
No School -
Veteran's Day
14
Writing -
Repetition Poems (Finish I am poems)
(I can write like that - pg. 20)
"Little Boy Blues" - Love to Langston
Language - Favoritepoem.org
Talk about language within the poem
Reading - Poetry focus- Jack Prelutsky (read several poems, model, I like this poem because...) Students will find a poem they like and respond to it
15
Writing - "I love you the purpliest" -Try your own
Descriptive Language
Language- Jack Prelutsky poem (talk about language)
Reading - Main idea of a poem
16 Wednesday -
No Formal Lessons
17
Writing -
Descriptive Language
(I can write like that - pg. 11-12)
Examples "Frog" Page 32 in
All the Small Poems and 14 more
Language - Favoritepoem.org
Talk about language within the poem
Reading - Main idea of a poem
18
Writing -
Rhyming Poems
(I can write like that - pg. 21)
Language- Jack Prelutsky poem (talk about language)
Reading - Visualizing a poem (drawing a picture to go with it)
21 (We got a little behind,so we are rearranging some of these lessons.)
Writing -
Onomatopoeia Poems - brainstorming words that have it (make a chart)
(I Can Write Like That - pg. 16)
Language - Writing Onomatopoeia poems
Reading - Poet focus- Shel Silverstein
(read several poems, model, I like this poem because...) Students will find a poem they like and respond to it
22
Writing -
Onomatopoeia Poems (cont)
Language- Shel Silverstein (talk about language)
Reading- Main idea of a poem
Thanksgiving Break
Thanksgiving Break
Thanksgiving Break
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Writing -
Onomatopoeia Poems - brainstorming words that have it (make a chart)
(I Can Write Like That - pg. 16)
Language - Favoritepoem.org
Talk about language within the poem
Reading- Poet focus- Shel Silverstein
(read several poems, model, I like this poem because...) Students will find a poem they like and respond to it
29
Writing -
Alliteration Poems
(I Can Write Like That - pg. 9)
Pizza the Size of the Sun - Pgs 34 - 35
Language-
Shel Silverstein (talk about language)
Reading -
30 Wednesdays -
No Formal Lessons
1
Balaret Field Trip
2
Writing -
Simile Poems
(I Can Write Like That - pg 23)
Reading -
5
Writing -
Simile Poems (cont)
Reading- Poet focus - Langston and Tony Medina
(read several poems, model, I like this poem because...) Students will find a poem they like and respond to it
6
Writing -
Metaphor Poems
(I Can Write Like That - pg. 16)
7
Wednesdays -
No Formal Lessons
8
Writing -
Metaphor Poems (cont)
9
Writing -
Point of View
(I Can Write Like That - pg 18)
12
Writing -
Publishing
Reading-
We are poets (showing off poets within our school)
(read several poems, model, I like this poem because...) Students will find a poem they have written and explain why they like it.
Looking at favorite artists (lyrics) and how they are poetry (Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow?)
Start - November 1st End- December 2nd
Reading:
Essential Questions:
How does a poet choose words to create feeling?
Big Ideas - Imagery and feeling of the poem/poet
Objectives:
Students will be able to make inferences
Pre/Post Test:
Writing:
Essential Questions:
What techniques does a poet use to tell a story?
Big Ideas - Descriptive words
Writing - Pretest
Reading- What do we know about poetry?
Immersion in poetry
No Formal Lesson
Writing-
"I am" Poem
Reading -Main Ideas of Poems
Examples "The Homework Guarantee"
Page 7 in I like it Here at School
Field Trip to Ballet
Writing -
Shared Writing about Ballet
Writing -
Minilesson -Beginning to Teach Poetry Writing
(Kids' Poems - Pgs. 11 - 14)
Independent - Writing the First Poem (pgs.15- 17)
Reading - Main Ideas of Poems
Examples "Bedtime" in Laughing Giraffes
Dinosaur Field Trip
No Formal Lesson
No School -
Assessment Day
No School -
Veteran's Day
Writing -
Repetition Poems (Finish I am poems)
(I can write like that - pg. 20)
"Little Boy Blues" - Love to Langston
Language - Favoritepoem.org
Talk about language within the poem
Reading - Poetry focus- Jack Prelutsky (read several poems, model, I like this poem because...) Students will find a poem they like and respond to it
Writing - "I love you the purpliest" -Try your own
Descriptive Language
Language- Jack Prelutsky poem (talk about language)
Reading - Main idea of a poem
No Formal Lessons
Writing -
Descriptive Language
(I can write like that - pg. 11-12)
Examples "Frog" Page 32 in
All the Small Poems and 14 more
Language - Favoritepoem.org
Talk about language within the poem
Reading - Main idea of a poem
Writing -
Rhyming Poems
(I can write like that - pg. 21)
Language- Jack Prelutsky poem (talk about language)
Reading - Visualizing a poem (drawing a picture to go with it)
Writing -
Onomatopoeia Poems - brainstorming words that have it (make a chart)
(I Can Write Like That - pg. 16)
Language - Writing Onomatopoeia poems
Reading - Poet focus- Shel Silverstein
(read several poems, model, I like this poem because...) Students will find a poem they like and respond to it
Writing -
Onomatopoeia Poems (cont)
Language- Shel Silverstein (talk about language)
Reading- Main idea of a poem
Writing -
Onomatopoeia Poems - brainstorming words that have it (make a chart)
(I Can Write Like That - pg. 16)
Language - Favoritepoem.org
Talk about language within the poem
Reading- Poet focus- Shel Silverstein
(read several poems, model, I like this poem because...) Students will find a poem they like and respond to it
Writing -
Alliteration Poems
(I Can Write Like That - pg. 9)
Pizza the Size of the Sun - Pgs 34 - 35
Language-
Shel Silverstein (talk about language)
Reading -
No Formal Lessons
Balaret Field Trip
Writing -
Simile Poems
(I Can Write Like That - pg 23)
Reading -
Writing -
Simile Poems (cont)
Reading- Poet focus - Langston and Tony Medina
(read several poems, model, I like this poem because...) Students will find a poem they like and respond to it
Writing -
Metaphor Poems
(I Can Write Like That - pg. 16)
Wednesdays -
No Formal Lessons
Writing -
Metaphor Poems (cont)
Writing -
Point of View
(I Can Write Like That - pg 18)
Writing -
Publishing
Reading-
We are poets (showing off poets within our school)
(read several poems, model, I like this poem because...) Students will find a poem they have written and explain why they like it.
Looking at favorite artists (lyrics) and how they are poetry (Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow?)
Writing -
Publishing
Wednesdays - No Formal Lessons
Writing -
Publishing
Writing -
Celebration